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Two sequels have been released, ''Isolation Play'' and ''Divisions'', with another, titled ''Uncovered'', released July 4, 2014. The fifth (and final) book, titled ''Over Time'', is set to be released in January 2016.
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Two sequels have been released, ''Isolation Play'' and ''Divisions'', with another, titled ''Uncovered'', released July 4, 2014. The fifth (and final) book, titled ''Over Time'', is set to be released in January 2016.
2016. Together the make up the ''Dev and Lee'' series.
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* DrivenToSuicide: How Lee's subplot in ''Divisions'' kicked off. A young gay football player that e-mailed Dev and was traded to the Dragons by Lee AteHisGun. Needless to say, Lee took his death hard.
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* DrivenToSuicide: How Lee's subplot in ''Divisions'' kicked off. A young gay football player that e-mailed Dev and was traded to the Dragons by Lee AteHisGun. Needless to say, Lee took his death hard. [[spoiler: Happens again with Fisher in ''Over Time'', where, after being forced into retirement, tried to [[AteHisGun shoot himself in the head]], but rethought it at the last minute, only ending up with a broken jaw.]]
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* FurryConfusion: Anthropomorphism only seems to apply to land-based mammals, as there have yet to be any reptilian, amphibian, fish, avian, or aquatic-based mammalian characters. Also, Lee and his father both mention how Lee used to have a pet ''lizard'' as a pup.
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* FurryConfusion: Anthropomorphism only seems to apply to land-based mammals, as there have yet to be any reptilian, amphibian, fish, avian, or aquatic-based mammalian characters. Also, Lee and his father both mention how Lee used to have a pet ''lizard'' as a pup. Later on in ''Over Time'' this is sorta explained by anthropomorphic furs having feral ancestors and there still being ferals around the wild.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Dev's father is kind of an asshole, but he's (mostly) not prejudiced and actually does care about Dev, he just has a hard time showing it.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Dev's father is kind of an asshole, but he's (mostly) not prejudiced and actually does care about Dev, he just has a hard time showing it. By the later three novels, the jerk aspect is, for the most part, gone.
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* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: A lot of the Firebirds players have nicknames that are used more than their real names. Charm's name, in particular, has never been revealed.
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* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: A lot of the Firebirds players have nicknames that are used more than their real names. Charm's name, in particular, has never been revealed. [[spoiler: Until ''Over Time'', where it's revealed to be Winston Porter.]]
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** TheBusCameBack: ...and then he shows up again halfway into ''Divisions''.
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** TheBusCameBack: ...and then he shows up again halfway into ''Divisions''. [[spoiler: And then disappears for good in ''Over Time'']]
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* TheNoseKnows:
** Like most Kyell Gold novels, it's easy for Dev and Lee to tell what species a person is, what a person recently ate or drank, when they recently showered, or what mood they're in just by noticing their scent.
** This actually becomes a plot device in ''Uncovered'', as Dev manages to deduce that [[spoiler:Colin was having sex with Argonne after he smelled Colin's semen on Argonne's breath]].
** Like most Kyell Gold novels, it's easy for Dev and Lee to tell what species a person is, what a person recently ate or drank, when they recently showered, or what mood they're in just by noticing their scent.
** This actually becomes a plot device in ''Uncovered'', as Dev manages to deduce that [[spoiler:Colin was having sex with Argonne after he smelled Colin's semen on Argonne's breath]].
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* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Dev and Lee's subplots usually take place at the same time, but are told from different perspectives. In addition to that, most of what Lee does ends up impacting Dev later on in the series, and vice versa.
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Two sequels have been released, ''Isolation Play'' and ''Divisions'', with another, titled ''Uncovered'', released July 4, 2014. The fifth (and final) book book, titled ''Over Time'', is set to be released in early January 2016.
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** Chapter 28: [[spoiler:After several nail-biting [[HopeSpot Hope Spots]], the Firebirds lose the championship. ''By one point''.]]
** Chapter 29: Immediately after the game ends, [[spoiler:Polecki, one of the Sabretooths, comes out of the closet on live TV, confirming to the world that Dev was not the first (or last) gay football player in Forester]].
** Chapter 30 reveals that [[spoiler:there's a ''third'' gay player in the Firebirds. This time it's Colin, who's been cheating on his wife with Argonne.]]
*WhamLine:WhamLine: Same as above. ''Uncovered'' features several revelations, some of which are exposed with just one or two lines.
** Chapter 29: Immediately after the game ends, [[spoiler:Polecki, one of the Sabretooths, comes out of the closet on live TV, confirming to the world that Dev was not the first (or last) gay football player in Forester]].
** Chapter 30 reveals that [[spoiler:there's a ''third'' gay player in the Firebirds. This time it's Colin, who's been cheating on his wife with Argonne.]]
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** Chapter 29 has this line from the press conference after the game, which changes the series ''entirely''.
--> '''Polecki''': [[spoiler:"I wish I had had the courage to do this before the game, so that this would be recorded as the first game in which two openly gay players faced each other."]]
** There's also this line from Chapter 30, after Dev confronts Colin:
--> '''Dev''': [[spoiler:"You do know that his name is 'Argonne,' right? The fox who's been blowing you before road games?"]]
--> '''Polecki''': [[spoiler:"I wish I had had the courage to do this before the game, so that this would be recorded as the first game in which two openly gay players faced each other."]]
** There's also this line from Chapter 30, after Dev confronts Colin:
--> '''Dev''': [[spoiler:"You do know that his name is 'Argonne,' right? The fox who's been blowing you before road games?"]]
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* WholesomeCrossdresser: Lee is sort of one. He doesn't always wear women's clothes, just every so often. It gets mostly dropped in the later books.
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* WholesomeCrossdresser: Lee is sort of one. He doesn't always wear women's clothes, just every so often. It gets mostly dropped in the later books.books.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: [[spoiler:Colin can't stand Dev for being gay, yet he refuses to admit that he's also gay and is constantly receiving blowjobs from Argonne]].
* YouAreWhatYouHate: [[spoiler:Colin can't stand Dev for being gay, yet he refuses to admit that he's also gay and is constantly receiving blowjobs from Argonne]].
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* FurryFandom: The writer is a distinguished member of the fandom. Not to mention the book and its sequel both having won Ursa Majors for Best Anthropomorphic Novel.
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* FurryFandom: UsefulNotes/FurryFandom: The writer is a distinguished member of the fandom. Not to mention the book and its sequel both having won Ursa Majors for Best Anthropomorphic Novel.
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* FurryConfusion: Anthropomorphism only seems to apply to land-based mammals, as there have yet to be any reptilian, amphibian, fish, avian, or aquatic-based mammalian characters. Also, Lee and his father both mention how Lee used to have a pet ''lizard'' as a pup.
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** Chapter 6 end with [[spoiler:Fisher getting a concussion after being normally tackled to the ground]].
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** Chapter 6 end ends with [[spoiler:Fisher getting a concussion after being normally tackled to the ground]].
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** Chapter 11 reveals that [[spoiler:Dev's brother, Gregory, is one of the lawyers working with Families United. Dev angrily tells Lee to stay away right when Lee is about to apologize for leaving. Lee calls his father and Dev's mother and tells them about what happened between him and Dev and about Gregory. Lee decides to stay with Hal until the championship is over, and he seriously wonders how long his relationship with Dev will last.]]
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** Chapter 11 reveals that [[spoiler:Dev's brother, Gregory, is one of the lawyers working with defending Families United. Dev angrily tells Lee to stay away right when Lee is about to apologize for leaving. Lee calls his father and Dev's mother and tells them about what happened between him and Dev and about Gregory. Lee decides to stay with Hal until the championship is over, and he seriously wonders how long his relationship with Dev will last.]]
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** And in the next chapter, a mere ''three-worded text message'' practically changes Dev's character throughout the series:
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** The beginning of Chapter 11 has Lee dropping one hell of a revelation to the readers regarding [[spoiler:Dev finding out about Lee's court case against Families United]]:
--> '''Lee''': [[spoiler:He didn't find out from his brother, who is one of the attorneys defending Families United.]]
** Andin again, from the next same chapter, a mere ''three-worded text message'' practically changes Dev's character throughout the series:
--> '''Lee''': [[spoiler:He didn't find out from his brother, who is one of the attorneys defending Families United.]]
** And
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* CerebusSyndrome: While the series didn't exactly start out tame, it becomes far more depressing and tense the further along it goes on, and both main characters are constantly forced to deal with various personal problems that are much more serious compared to the problems they faced in the first book.
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* MoodWhiplash: All over the place. Chapter 7 of ''Uncovered'', for example, starts with [[spoiler:the Firebirds winning a game]], and then ''immediately'' switches over to [[spoiler:Lee nearly being beaten up by two drunken homophobes]].
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* TookALevelInJerkass:
** Deconstructed with Dev. In ''Divisions'' (and especially ''Uncovered''), Dev becomes increasingly bitter and prickly towards Lee because he's constantly bothering him about Vince King's suicide and all his other personal problems, which distract Dev from his football career. Nevertheless, Dev is, at least, self-aware of his hostile attitude, and he always regrets and beats himself up over the things he says and/or does to Lee, and he (or Lee) try to get past their various arguments.
** Fisher in ''Uncovered'', although that may have to do with [[spoiler:the steroids he started taking]].
** Deconstructed with Dev. In ''Divisions'' (and especially ''Uncovered''), Dev becomes increasingly bitter and prickly towards Lee because he's constantly bothering him about Vince King's suicide and all his other personal problems, which distract Dev from his football career. Nevertheless, Dev is, at least, self-aware of his hostile attitude, and he always regrets and beats himself up over the things he says and/or does to Lee, and he (or Lee) try to get past their various arguments.
** Fisher in ''Uncovered'', although that may have to do with [[spoiler:the steroids he started taking]].
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* WhamEpisode: ''Uncovered'' could very well qualify for being a ''Wham Book'', for several reasons.
** Chapter 5 reveals that [[spoiler:there ''is'' another gay player on the Firebirds team. It's Kodi]].
** Chapter 6 end with [[spoiler:Fisher getting a concussion after being normally tackled to the ground]].
** Chapter 7 starts with [[spoiler:the Firebirds winning the game]], but then immediately switches over to [[spoiler:Lee being assaulted by two drunk homophobes and filing charges against one of them, while the other escapes. Later, Gena confesses that Fisher has been taking drugs to help him cope with his leg injury, and it's heavily implied he's also taking steroids.]]
** Chapter 10, one of the biggest WHAMS in the series. [[spoiler:Dev finds out about Lee's court case and confesses about it to him. They get into another argument that makes Lee realize he can't be around him without "screwing up his career." So Lee, temporarily, leaves. Dev doesn't even try to convince him to come back.]]
** Chapter 11 reveals that [[spoiler:Dev's brother, Gregory, is one of the lawyers working with Families United. Dev angrily tells Lee to stay away right when Lee is about to apologize for leaving. Lee calls his father and Dev's mother and tells them about what happened between him and Dev and about Gregory. Lee decides to stay with Hal until the championship is over, and he seriously wonders how long his relationship with Dev will last.]]
* WhamLine:
** This line from ''Uncovered'', which had "foreboding" written all over it:
--> '''Dev''': [[spoiler:"I know about the court case."]]
** And in the next chapter, a mere ''three-worded text message'' practically changes Dev's character throughout the series:
--> '''Dev''': Fine. Stay there.
** Chapter 5 reveals that [[spoiler:there ''is'' another gay player on the Firebirds team. It's Kodi]].
** Chapter 6 end with [[spoiler:Fisher getting a concussion after being normally tackled to the ground]].
** Chapter 7 starts with [[spoiler:the Firebirds winning the game]], but then immediately switches over to [[spoiler:Lee being assaulted by two drunk homophobes and filing charges against one of them, while the other escapes. Later, Gena confesses that Fisher has been taking drugs to help him cope with his leg injury, and it's heavily implied he's also taking steroids.]]
** Chapter 10, one of the biggest WHAMS in the series. [[spoiler:Dev finds out about Lee's court case and confesses about it to him. They get into another argument that makes Lee realize he can't be around him without "screwing up his career." So Lee, temporarily, leaves. Dev doesn't even try to convince him to come back.]]
** Chapter 11 reveals that [[spoiler:Dev's brother, Gregory, is one of the lawyers working with Families United. Dev angrily tells Lee to stay away right when Lee is about to apologize for leaving. Lee calls his father and Dev's mother and tells them about what happened between him and Dev and about Gregory. Lee decides to stay with Hal until the championship is over, and he seriously wonders how long his relationship with Dev will last.]]
* WhamLine:
** This line from ''Uncovered'', which had "foreboding" written all over it:
--> '''Dev''': [[spoiler:"I know about the court case."]]
** And in the next chapter, a mere ''three-worded text message'' practically changes Dev's character throughout the series:
--> '''Dev''': Fine. Stay there.
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* ToxicFriendInfluence: Wiley's relationship with his mother was already strained at best, but then Eileen joined some kind of support group for parents whose children were "corrupted" by the gays, and started spending time with [[JerkAss Mrs. Hedley]], who ended up driving an even bigger wedge between Eileen and Wiley.
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''Out of Position'' is an anthropomorphic novel by Kyell Gold. It takes place in the Forester Universe, in a country that is analogous to the United States. The novel focuses on a romance between Wiley "Lee" Farrel, a red fox and gay rights activist, and Devlin Miski, a tiger who plays football. The first half of the novel is set at Forrester University. Devlin Miski is a cornerback on the University football team. One night, he has a one-night stand with a vixen. As they are about to have sex, he finds out that the vixen is actually male.
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''Out of Position'' is an anthropomorphic novel by Kyell Gold.Creator/KyellGold. It takes place in the Forester Universe, in a country that is analogous to the United States. The novel focuses on a romance between Wiley "Lee" Farrel, a red fox and gay rights activist, and Devlin Miski, a tiger who plays football. The first half of the novel is set at Forrester University. Devlin Miski is a cornerback on the University football team. One night, he has a one-night stand with a vixen. As they are about to have sex, he finds out that the vixen is actually male.
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Two sequels have been released, ''Isolation Play'' and ''Divisions'', with another another, titled ''Uncovered'', planned to be released July 4, 2014.
2014. The fifth (and final) book is set to be released in early 2016.
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* AttentionWhore: Lightning Strike and Brian to different degrees. Difference is Lightning Strike is basically well meaning; that's just the kind of guy he is and he isn't malicious about it. Brian on the other hand wants attention only on his own terms and doesn't care who he has to hurt to get it and becomes even more bitter when things don't go his way.
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* {{Determinator}}: You can throw the media, jealous, smug ex-best friends, unsupportive teammates, angry fathers, and homophobic rival football players and fans at Dev all at once and it ''still'' won't matter to him. He's still gonna play football. He's still gonna be in love with Lee.
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* DirtyCoward: Somewhat justified with Brian. After he was released from the hospital following the gay bashing, his parents had him transferred to a different college, and he didn't even try to persuade them against it. Lee calls him out on it, at which point Brian admits that he didn't want to stay knowing he'd be reliving the moment and would be branded as "that fag who got beat up."
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* GreenEyedMonster: Brian is either this or a CrazyJealousGuy.
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* ItGetsEasier: Inverted, and invoked. [[spoiler:Part of the reason why Dev came out of the closet on live television was because he thought things would be easier in his life. But it doesn't alleviate the situation; if anything, it just made things harder]].
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* ManipulativeBastard: Brian in ''Out of Position''. After all, he did convince Lee to [[spoiler:give him a handjob out of pity after he threatened to get Dev kicked out of the league.]]
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* PottyEmergency: A drunken Lee suffers one in ''Out of Position'' after [[ItMakesSenseInContext Dev shoves him in a closet to hide from two Hellentown coaches]].
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* SmugSnake: Brian.
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Usually between Brian and Lee. Lee actually tries his best ''not'' to act snarky or angry around him, because Brian's basically a {{Troll}} who wants Lee to get mad just so he can throw more snarky insults at him.
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Usually between Brian and Lee. Lee actually tries his best ''not'' to act snarky or angry around him, because Brian's basically a {{Troll}} who wants Lee to get mad just so he can throw more snarky insults at him.
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* TearsOfJoy: Lee, after [[spoiler:Dev finally admits he's in love with him to the public]].
* TookALevelInKindness:
** Dev's father Mikhail. In ''Isolation Play'', he's an ordinary {{Jerkass}}, but by the end of the book, [[spoiler:he's finally accepted Lee into the family and becomes a JerkWithAHeartOfGold]]. By ''Divisions'', the "Jerk" part of him is pretty much gone.
** Some of Dev's teammates didn't approve of the tiger's relationship with Lee and his sexual orientation either. Most of them got over it by ''Divisions'', or at least tolerate it and don't outwardly disapprove it.
* TookALevelInKindness:
** Dev's father Mikhail. In ''Isolation Play'', he's an ordinary {{Jerkass}}, but by the end of the book, [[spoiler:he's finally accepted Lee into the family and becomes a JerkWithAHeartOfGold]]. By ''Divisions'', the "Jerk" part of him is pretty much gone.
** Some of Dev's teammates didn't approve of the tiger's relationship with Lee and his sexual orientation either. Most of them got over it by ''Divisions'', or at least tolerate it and don't outwardly disapprove it.
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* WeUsedToBeFriends: Brian and Lee.
* WhatTheHellHero: Both Dev and Lee have called each other out on some of the morally wrong things they've done during their relationship.
* WhatTheHellHero: Both Dev and Lee have called each other out on some of the morally wrong things they've done during their relationship.
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'''''Out of Position''''' is an anthropomorphic novel by Kyell Gold. It takes place in the Forester Universe, in a country that is analogous to the United States. The novel focuses on a romance between Wiley "Lee" Farrel, a red fox and gay rights activist, and Devlin Miski, a tiger who plays football. The first half of the novel is set at Forrester University. Devlin Miski is a cornerback on the University football team. One night, he has a one-night stand with a vixen. As they are about to have sex, he finds out that the vixen is actually male.
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Two sequels have been released,
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* LateArrivalSpoiler: [[spoiler:Dev publicly comes out of the closet at the end of ''Out of Positions'']]. Anyone who hasn't read the first book probably shouldn't look at the blurb on ''Isolation Play'' or ''Divisions''...
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* LateArrivalSpoiler: [[spoiler:Dev publicly comes out of the closet at the end of ''Out of Positions'']].Position'']]. Anyone who hasn't read the first book probably shouldn't look at the blurb on ''Isolation Play'' or ''Divisions''...
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* AllGaysArePromiscuous: Averted. Even after Dev falls in love with Lee, he doesn't seem to find other guys sexually attractive.
* AntiClimax: Invoked in ''Out of Position'' with the last game the Firebirds play. After thoroughly explaining that the Firebirds are losing, all the homosexual slander he goes through during the game, and the lack of support from a few teammates, Dev abruptly summarizes that [[spoiler:they won the game]] very briefly in only two paragraphs.
* AntiClimax: Invoked in ''Out of Position'' with the last game the Firebirds play. After thoroughly explaining that the Firebirds are losing, all the homosexual slander he goes through during the game, and the lack of support from a few teammates, Dev abruptly summarizes that [[spoiler:they won the game]] very briefly in only two paragraphs.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Brian]] in ''Divisions'', whereas in ''Out of Position'', he was a full-on {{Jerkass}}.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Lee at first. But as the series progresses, he becomes more vital to the story. By ''Divisions'', he's swapped roles with Dev and becomes the main protagonist.
* DrivenToSuicide: How Lee's subplot in ''Divisions'' kicked off. A young gay football player that e-mailed Dev and was traded to the Dragons by Lee AteHisGun. Needless to say, Lee took his death hard.
* {{Fanservice}}: Downplayed as the series progresses, but the first book had quite a few {{NSFW}} scenes...
* FreudianExcuse: Brian's whole reason for getting involved with gay rights activism and for hating Dev--and football players in general. He was a victim of a gay bashing that was led by typical [[JerkJock Jerk Jocks]], which ended with him having a few broken bones.
* FreudianExcuse: Brian's whole reason for getting involved with gay rights activism and for hating Dev--and football players in general. He was a victim of a gay bashing that was led by typical [[JerkJock Jerk Jocks]], which ended with him having a few broken bones.
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* JerkAss: {{Jerkass}}: Brian to varying degrees.
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* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:Brian]] in ''Isolation Play''.
** TheBusCameBack: ...and then he shows up again halfway into ''Divisions''.
* StraightGay / ManlyGay: Dev.
** TheBusCameBack: ...and then he shows up again halfway into ''Divisions''.
* StraightGay / ManlyGay: Dev.
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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: When Dev's father objects to Dev and Lee's relationship Lee assumes it's because he's homophobic. While Mikhail isn't crazy about the idea that Dev is gay, his actual objection was that he felt Dev had changed, and that Lee was pulling him away from his family.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Dev's father is kind of an asshole, but he's (mostly) not prejudice and actually does care about Dev, he just has a hard time showing it.
* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: Alot of the Firebirds team have nicknames that are used more than their real names. Charm's name in particular has never been revealed.
* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: Alot of the Firebirds team have nicknames that are used more than their real names. Charm's name in particular has never been revealed.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Dev's father is kind of an asshole, but he's (mostly) not prejudice prejudiced and actually does care about Dev, he just has a hard time showing it.
* OnlyKnownByHisNickname:Alot A lot of the Firebirds team players have nicknames that are used more than their real names. Charm's name name, in particular particular, has never been revealed.
* OnlyKnownByHisNickname:
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* DeadpanSnarker: Lee's really good at this.
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* DumbJock: Lee's initial opinion of Dev and other football players.
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* {{Asexual}}: Lightning Strike claims to have no preference for either men or women and practices "tantric meditation" in lieu of sex.
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* AwesomeMcCoolName: Lightning Strike in ''Divisions''.Strike. He legally changed his name to that.
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* {{Asexual}}: Lightning Strike claims to have no preference for either men or women and practices "tantric meditation" in lieu of sex.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Dev's father kind of is an asshole, but he's (mostly) not prejudice and actually does care about Dev, he just has a hard time showing it.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Dev's father is kind of is an asshole, but he's (mostly) not prejudice and actually does care about Dev, he just has a hard time showing it.
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!!The novels of Argaea contain examples of:
* AwesomeMcCoolName: Lightning Strike in ''Divisions''. He legally changed his name to that.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Lighting Strike gets Dev bondage gear for Christmas, having somehow come to the conclusion that it was something that Dev would want.
* JerkAss: Brian to varying degrees.
* JerkAss: Brian to varying degrees.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Dev's father kind of is an asshole, but he's (mostly) not prejudice and actually does care about Dev, he just has a hard time showing it.
* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: Alot of the Firebirds team have nicknames that are used more than their real names. Charm's name in particular has never been revealed.
* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: Alot of the Firebirds team have nicknames that are used more than their real names. Charm's name in particular has never been revealed.
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* WholesomeCrossdresser: Lee is one.sort of one. He doesn't always wear women's clothes, just every so often. It gets mostly dropped in the later books.
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* JerkJock: There are some, including Dev to some extent at the beginning. In a book that tackles homophobia on a college campus, how could there not be a few of these?
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* UnsettlingGenderReveal: Causing panic, anger, frustration, denial, and ultimately introspection.
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* UnsettlingGenderReveal: Causing panic, anger, frustration, denial, and ultimately ultimately, introspection.
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* UnsettlingGenderReveal: Causing panic, anger, frustration, denial, and ultimately introspection.
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Sorry for all the crossdressing tropes, but can ya blame me?
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* DisguisedInDrag: Lee frequently employs this for various reasons.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: There is a reason people tend to refer to Wiley as a "vixen".
* DudeLooksLikeALady: There is a reason people tend to refer to Wiley as a "vixen".
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* FurryFandom: The writer is a distinguished member of the fandom. Not to mention the book and its sequel both having won Ursa Major Award.Majors for Best Anthropomorphic Novel.
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Out of Position is an anthropomorphic novel by Kyell Gold. It takes place in the Forester Universe, . The novel focuses on a romance between Wiley "Lee" Farrel, a red fox and gay rights activist, and Devlin Miski, a tiger who plays football. The first half of the novel is set at Forrester University. Devlin Miski is a cornerback on the University football team. One night, he has a one-night stand with a vixen. As they are about to have sex, he finds out that the vixen is actually male.
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Out of Position is an anthropomorphic novel by Kyell Gold. It takes place in the Forester Universe, .Universe, in a country that is analogous to the United States. The novel focuses on a romance between Wiley "Lee" Farrel, a red fox and gay rights activist, and Devlin Miski, a tiger who plays football. The first half of the novel is set at Forrester University. Devlin Miski is a cornerback on the University football team. One night, he has a one-night stand with a vixen. As they are about to have sex, he finds out that the vixen is actually male.
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Out of Position is an anthropomorphic novel by Kyell Gold, published by Sofawolf Press and first released at Further Confusion 2009. The cover and interior illustrations are by Blotch.
The novel focuses on a romance between Wiley "Lee" Farrel, a red fox and gay rights activist, and Devlin Miski, a tiger who plays football.
The first half of the novel is set at Forrester University. Devlin Miski is a cornerback on the University football team. One night, he has a one-night stand with a vixen. As they are about to have sex, he finds out that the vixen is actually male.
Out of Position won the 2009 Ursa Major Award for Best Novel; its cover won Best Published Illustration. A sequel, Isolation Play, was released at Further Confusion 2011.
The novel focuses on a romance between Wiley "Lee" Farrel, a red fox and gay rights activist, and Devlin Miski, a tiger who plays football.
The first half of the novel is set at Forrester University. Devlin Miski is a cornerback on the University football team. One night, he has a one-night stand with a vixen. As they are about to have sex, he finds out that the vixen is actually male.
Out of Position won the 2009 Ursa Major Award for Best Novel; its cover won Best Published Illustration. A sequel, Isolation Play, was released at Further Confusion 2011.
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Out of Position is an anthropomorphic novel by Kyell Gold, published by Sofawolf Press and first released at Further Confusion 2009. The cover and interior illustrations are by Blotch.
Gold. It takes place in the Forester Universe, . The novel focuses on a romance between Wiley "Lee" Farrel, a red fox and gay rights activist, and Devlin Miski, a tiger who plays football.
football. The first half of the novel is set at Forrester University. Devlin Miski is a cornerback on the University football team. One night, he has a one-night stand with a vixen. As they are about to have sex, he finds out that the vixen is actually male.
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*AttractiveBentGender: Lee can effortlessly turn heads, orientations be damned.
*WholesomeCrossdresser: Lee is one.
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*AttractiveBentGender: Lee can effortlessly turn heads, orientations be damned.
*WholesomeCrossdresser: Lee is one.
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Out of Position is an anthropomorphic novel by Kyell Gold, published by Sofawolf Press and first released at Further Confusion 2009. The cover and interior illustrations are by Blotch.
The novel focuses on a romance between Wiley "Lee" Farrel, a red fox and gay rights activist, and Devlin Miski, a tiger who plays football.
The first half of the novel is set at Forrester University. Devlin Miski is a cornerback on the University football team. One night, he has a one-night stand with a vixen. As they are about to have sex, he finds out that the vixen is actually male.
Out of Position won the 2009 Ursa Major Award for Best Novel; its cover won Best Published Illustration. A sequel, Isolation Play, was released at Further Confusion 2011.
The novel focuses on a romance between Wiley "Lee" Farrel, a red fox and gay rights activist, and Devlin Miski, a tiger who plays football.
The first half of the novel is set at Forrester University. Devlin Miski is a cornerback on the University football team. One night, he has a one-night stand with a vixen. As they are about to have sex, he finds out that the vixen is actually male.
Out of Position won the 2009 Ursa Major Award for Best Novel; its cover won Best Published Illustration. A sequel, Isolation Play, was released at Further Confusion 2011.
